The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.

I've always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you're fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.

Somehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.

I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.

I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach.

He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.